Combined blotter-pad and ruler



(No Model.)

C. W. CHANDLER. COMBINED BLOTTER PAD AND RULER.

No. 187,364x Patented Dec. 6,1892.

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CHARLES WHEELER CHANDLER, OF XENIA, OHIO.

COMBINED BLOTTER-PAD AND RULER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 487,364, dated December6, 1892.

Application filed September 7, 1892. Serial No. 445,217. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES WHEELER CHANDLER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Xenia, in the county of Greene and State of Ohio,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in a CombinedBlotter- Pad and Ruler; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to thefigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention has for its object the construction ofaoombined rulerandblotter-pad and to provide means for the ready renewal of the separateblotters when used up; and for these purposes it consists in theconstruction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts of whichit is composed, will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which corresponding' partsare designated by similar marks of reference, Figure l is a top planview of my invention. Eig. 2 is a longitudinal section on line octhereof. Fig.

across the top of the strip l or each side of the handle ornknob 3 byscrews or nails 5, passing through the ends of straps and taking intothe body of the strip l.

A slide 6, of

spring metal, having a tail 7, is secured in the top of each end of thestrip l by having its said tail inserted between the top of the stripand the corresponding strap 4C, the other end of each slide being bentupward into an ear 8, while the opposite ends ol' the blotters 9 areinserted below the other portion of the opposite slides 7 and held hythe spring thereof.

From the above it is evident that to renew the blotter-pads it is onlynecessary to withdraw the slides from under the straps and to remove theblotter and to insert a new one, when by reinserting the slides theywill, on their movement toward the center of the strip, draw the blottertaut and hold it in that condition by their pressure thereon.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim issl. In a blotter-pad,the combination of a strip having straps upon the opposite ends of itsupper surface and a spring-slide adapted to be inserted beneath the saidstraps and to clamp the blotter, substantially as described.

2. In a combined blotter-pad and ruler, the combination of a striphaving a beveled straight-edge and having straps upon the opposite endsof its upper surface and a springslide adapted to slide beneath each ofthe said straps, having an upwardly-projecting outer end and adapted toengage a blotter, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CHAS. WHEELER CHANDLER.

Witnesses:

F. N. SHAFFER, W. B. WO'ODWARD.

